Apply skins to Vista sidebar and use new gadgets
The Vista sidebar was one of the most popular new features included in Microsoft's operating system, and it still remains as a very attractive way to display information bits in the shape of customizable gadgets. Now, with Windows Sidebar Styler, you can customize it even more and take advantage of all its possibilities.
This neat tool includes several skins (called "styles") to change the sidebar's appearance, as long as the ability to freely resize it. It will also allow you to run more gadgets because it supports WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation).
Windows Sidebar Styler is easy to install, but I had some problems while testing it. The styles didn't seem to work, the program displayed a "installation successful" message but nothing changed. After reading the develeoper's blog, I found out that you may have to change permissions in the folder AppData\Windows Sidebar Styler directory and make it writable, or just restart your sidebar completely.
Customize your Vista sidebar with styles and more powerful gadgets.
User reviews about Windows Sidebar Styler
by Anonymous
Nice but useful.
It didn't help me so i uninstalled it, may be it's nice with guys with a busy desktop while they need to know the time, friends online and new email in box. However rarely i was looking at me and sometimes it was distracting the main window's look.
Pros:
fast run
beautiful
no bug
easy install and uninstall
Cons:
Usage? More